Memorial Day Weekend 2010

Memorial Day weekend was, for the Lew clan, a jam-packed, action-filled, non-stop, funtastic extravaganza. At least that is how it felt. We went to the park, we went to the amusement park, we went to the zoo. We played with the hose, we played with sidewalk chalk, we played with the neighbors. Jon was working every day this weekend (boo), so there was a lot of Just Us Girls time, which was fun. Jon did join us for the amusement park, which I am very happy about because I don't know if I would have been so brave without him.


First, on Saturday, Evelyn and I went to a park near our house. She loves the slide (even the "big kid" twisty tube slide), but she loves the swings even more. She is brave. She asks me to push her higher, but if I go too high or too fast she reaches out one arm and holds my hand until the swing is at a more comfortable level. I try to slow it down or stop it entirely, but she doesn't want that. She just wants a little reassurance.



My sister-in-law and nieces came over in the afternoon and we played outside before heading downtown to visit Jon. Three little girls (ages 21 months, 22 months, and 3.5 years) are quite a handful.



The big adventure of the weekend was Lakeside Amusement Park. It is about a million years old and I'm pretty sure I hadn't been there in at least 20 years, but it is great for kids! It has that sketchy carnival vibe, but the small rides for young children seemed alright. (They don't go that fast anyway!) It is $2.50 per person to get in/park, and then $0.50 per ticket to ride. Kids rides are one ticket, adult rides are like three tickets, but we didn't do any of those. Evelyn was so brave! She really liked the rides.


The rocket ships! They go up and down but Evelyn was having fun the whole time. (One funny aside about my girl, she sits in the ride with this super stoic face and you can't tell if she likes it or not, but then she wants to go again!)


Space ships.


The cars. One of only two rides she wanted to do more than once.

Oh my goodness, is that smile!

Big motorcycles. This was the one ride I wasn't so keen on. The strap was just decoration and the body was so wide she was barely sitting on it! But she liked the ride, so I let her go...

The "roller coaster." This ride went pretty fast. I was nervous the whole time, but Jon reassured me that Evelyn was fine.

And the horse chariot. Evelyn wanted to ride ON the horse, not behind it.

Lakeside was fun and it will definitely go into the summer activity rotation, but a holiday weekend wouldn't be complete without a trip to Evelyn's favorite place, the Zoo! It was just the two of us and I didn't take any pictures, but a zoo is a zoo and you get the idea. We rode the "Conservation Carousel" four times (my wild child even went on one of the up-and-down animals!) and I didn't vomit once. Yay for me.

On the way home, we stopped for an ice cream cone and diet coke to sooth our parched mouths. It was a warm weekend, but a nice one.

Like I said, Jon had to work all weekend, but such is the life of the small business owner. It's a good thing he did, though, because Monday was his best day yet! He and his employees did six tattoos, most of them walk-ins! Woo hoo!

I hope everyone had such a fun weekend.